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2008 COLLEGE COURSES - Fascinating and Not For Credit, Joyce Gold Instructor
Manhattan Island: From Pre-History to the Brooklyn Bridge What happened in the past to create New York City as we know it today? Ten illustrated lectures and three walking tours of Lower Manhattan, Chelsea, and Greenwich Village explore visual, anecdotal, and historical perspectives on the evolution of the island. Students learn where the Indians lived, who the famous scoundrels of the past were, and how events in Europe affected life in New York. We also learn when various parts of town were developed, how to date a building by its architectural details, and how our streets acquired the names and directions they have today. Non-credit. To register call (212) 229-5690 or visit www.generalstudies.newschool.edu History of Twentieth-Century Manhattan:
In the 20th century, New York became an undisputed world center of commerce and culture. Immigration, ethnic diversity, business interests, and the accumulation of wealth fused into a wholly new urban experience. What Wall Street had been to finance, Madison Avenue became to business promotion and advertising, heralding the rise of a consumer-driven society. Ellis Island, the Ashcan School, the Harlem Renaissance, skyscrapers, Prohibition, Rosie the Riveter, the El, the Stonewall riot, the Winter Garden — all combined to make the city a unique mosaic. (non-credit.)
Joyce Gold, MA, NYU; is a Manhattan historian, teacher, and author of two NYC walking guides: From Windmills to the World Trade Center, Guide to Lower Manhattan History, and From Trout Stream to Bohemia: Guide to Greenwich Village History; radio, TV lecturer, tour guide.
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